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《The Dream Maker》 S1·E25 (21:19) HSK 5
hái shì yào cóng gēn shàng gǎi biàn tā men

还是要从根上改变他们

“We must help them change fundamentally.”

《The Dream Maker》 S1·E25
TIMECODE: 21:19 · 1080P MASTER AUDIO

THE DIALOGUE REEL

1+1+1 SPOKEN CONTINUITY
[-1] PREVIOUS TURN guāng shì gěi tā men zhǎo gōng zuò shì bù xíng de

光是给他们找工作 是不行的

“Just finding them jobs isn't enough.”

hái shì yào cóng gēn shàng gǎi biàn tā men CURRENT FOCUS

还是要 从根上 改变他们

“We must help them change fundamentally.”

[+1] FOLLOW-UP TURN yào bāng zhù tā men zhǎo dào rén shēng de zhèng què mù biāo

要帮助他们找到 人生的正确目标

“Help them find the right purpose in life.”

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Scene: Workplace
Function: PROPOSING FUNDAMENTAL SOLUTION
Tone: EARNEST AND RESOLUTE
Emotion: DETERMINATION
WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN (PRAGMATIC SUBTEXT)

Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.

💡 Cultural Insight: Tackling the Root Cause (治本)

Chinese administrative and educational philosophies strongly emphasize treating the underlying ideological or behavioral root rather than merely offering symptomatic relief.

INTENT TAGS: #advocacy #root_cause #reforming #strategic_focus
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LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES

2 CHUNKS · 0 PARTICLES
从根上 SPOKEN CHUNK

from the root; fundamentally

Used when emphasizing addressing the underlying source or root cause of a problem.

还是要 SPOKEN CHUNK

still have to; after all, we must

Use this to redirect attention back to an essential, inescapable priority.

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VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS

1 EXPR · 0 GRAMMAR
COLLOQUIAL EXPRESSIONS:
CROSS-CINEMA CORPUS BOARD · PARALLEL SCENES

Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)

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